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I started my River Walk at Oberbaumbruecke,
in the suburb of Friedrichhain. 

It is easy to get there by suburban trains. The S-Bahn and U-Bahn stop at Warschauer Strasse station near Oberbaumbruecke. 

The Oberbaum Bridgre has a long history. It was built in 1896, destroyed at the end of World War 2 in 1945, rebuilt and became one of the few border crossings between East- and West-Berlin when the Wall was put up in 1961 till it fell in 1989.

The bridge crosses the Spree, 

and the Berliner Mauer was right there.

One of the few still standing remnants of the Wall is here.

This over one km long section of the Wall is known as the East Side Gallery. Soon after the fall of the Berlin Mauer artists from many countries painted the concrete panels and creating the largest open air gallery in the world, a memorial to freedom.

                   

 

Tourists and Berliners like walking along this heritage listed artwork in Muehlenstrasse.

Each time I am in Berlin I have to come here.